Ewan McIntosh

Founder & CEO

Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, Ewan is the passionate and energising tour de force behind NoTosh. A highly-regarded keynote speaker at events around the world, he’s also the author of How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen and regularly writes about learning on our NoTosh Medium Blog.

"As a French and German high school teacher in Scotland back in the 1990s, I wanted to find new ways to help students engage with my subjects – I felt strongly that technology was both critical to achieving this and remained underused in the classroom, so my classes were among the first in Europe to podcast and blog as part of their daily learning.

"From here, it was a reasonably logical step to become National Advisor on Learning and Technology Futures for the Scottish Government... although joining Channel 4 as their Digital Commissioner in 2008 was a step in a different direction. But it was while I was with Channel 4 that I became fascinated by the strategies and tactics that my creative colleagues used to create imaginative and truly engaging digital services for young people. Could I take this insight and make it work in an education setting? Yes, I reckoned I could... and that’s how NoTosh came about."

Dr. Kynan Robinson

COO and CEO of NoTosh Inc, New York

For Kynan Robinson, every day is a performance. Not only is he an eight-album trombonist and record-label owner, but from his ten years as a classroom teacher, and a further decade developing multi-million dollar businesses, he brings a unique perspective to NoTosh clients. He has driven some of Australia’s fastest-growing education technology firms. He is masterful at valuing the individual voice within the collective and pushing teams to put their most important users at the centre of their thinking.

“From my roots in music to teaching in school classrooms, nothing gives me more pleasure than creating space for people to thrive and grow.

So many businesses are hierarchical when they don’t have to be. But I make a point of working with individuals to take more responsibility for the team’s work. It all starts with learning how to share things in Plain English, how to trust each other, how to take risks without individuals feeling that they’re jeopardising their own career.

Whether you’re in a sales team or a board room, the impact of switching to this way of thinking is life-changing, business-changing. You help people on the ground become leaders, not just delivering on their job but developing fresh ideas that become the lifeblood of the organisation. It doesn’t matter if you’re a school or a multi-million dollar business - the principle is the same."

Chantelle Love

Senior Consultant, Adelaide

Chantelle knows what it takes to build a great team! A former lieutenant in the Army Reserve, television presenter, a primary school teacher and one of Australia’s best-known faces in learning innovation, she firmly believes in putting the interests of the child at the centre of the classroom and the interests of the customer at the centre of business.

Having moved away from teaching to work in the television and film industry, when Chantelle felt the pull of the classroom once again, she came back with a fresh perspective and a rekindled passion to make as much of a difference as possible.

“The move back into education taught me that you need passion to sustain what you do, otherwise your love for it will diminish. But how do we instill that passion in everyone who we work, learn and play with? I firmly believe that empathy – learning to see the world from their perspective – is the key. Helping people to create agile learning environments in which teachers have the freedom to experiment with technology and the curriculum, and where people have fun in their approach to learning is vital.”

Geraldine De Fazio

Senior Consultant, Toronto

Gerry De Fazio knows what it means to learn something new every day. With over a decade of experience in the classroom, working with our youngest learners, she realized early on to assume nothing in the classroom.

Gerry’s powerful experiences in the classroom were a powerful learning curve and inspired her to dive further into the educating world, a journey that would take her across the globe.

With her appetite for learning and development, Gerry became a Middle Years Programme Coordinator, working to see that both students and teachers got the most out of the opportunities and possibilities within the curriculum, before returning to her early years' education roots, and taking up the role of Teaching and Learning Primary Years Programme Coordinator.

Originally from Adelaide, Gerry now lives in Toronto where is helping NoTosh shape education through NoTosh Design Thinking across North America. On top of being an Associate Consultant for us, Gerry continues to work in and with schools, and deliver world-class IB workshops and professional development sessions for a variety of audiences including leaders, principals, teachers, parents, and students across the Americas.

Dr. Jeremy Weinstein

Consultant, Melbourne

Dr. Jeremy Weinstein is a born and raised Melburnian, a city he is still proud to call home. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Jeremy’s career has seen him take on a wide range of different roles and challenges.

After a decade as a filmmaker, a career in which he won a number of high profile awards, Jeremy was eager to deeply explore his passion for media and communications and went on to complete his Ph.D. in this field.

With a wealth of experience across industry, coupled with the familiarity of teaching at university, Jeremy brings his depth of knowledge, ideas, and connections into the global NoTosh team and to our clients. Keen to find and solve problems, identify areas for growth and shift mindsets across both business and education, Jeremy joins the Australian-based NoTosh team with big goals.

“Working with NoTosh offers such a wonderful opportunity to not only do something that is creative but also immensely valuable. The face of training, development, and education is changing drastically, and will continue to over the next decade - especially as technology progresses - which provides a wonderful opportunity for me to work with teams as they look to embrace these ongoing changes while ensuring they remain true to their values and humanity.”

Alex Bell

Associate Consultant, London

Alex Bell is an international leader, coach, and innovator. A former headteacher, Alex knows what it takes to lead, collaborate and pave a path to success.

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Alex has designed education and outreach programmes for international government, museums, and charities, as well as leading two schools in challenging circumstances to reach the ‘outstanding’ standard set out by Ofsted.

Alex’s career has seen led him to become an innovation coach for the Teachers Guild in the USA, and a leadership and wellbeing facilitator for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England and Scotland, as well as an Ambassador for the British Council.

Alex led the first digital youth conference in Northern Malawi as well as a project focusing on the voice of young people in Barbados, where the emphasis was placed on the wellbeing of the whole student, from their lessons to family life and mental health.

“Leading and working with others is as much of a passion as it is a profession for me. The inclusion of the collective student voice in education and development across the globe is central to what drives me. I can’t wait to start working with NoTosh and engage with schools, businesses, students, teachers and leaders across the globe as they look to creating lasting change together."

Cadre21, Jacques Cool

Associé Consultant, Montreal

A native of New Brunswick, and a proud Acadian, Jacques Cool is the Director of Cadre21, our Associate Partner organization in Quebec, Canada. Jacques has been involved in education for over 30 years and has gained a great wealth of experience and knowledge, working both in and outside of the classroom. Initially, a high school teacher, Jacques’ career has seen him take on a number of different roles. After five years in the classroom, he went on to join the Department of Education in New Brunswick where, over 25 years, he spent time as an assessment specialist in science and curriculum development coordinator, among others.

In 2001, Jacques was instrumental in bringing online learning to high school classrooms across the local New Brunswick area for the first time, a program which he helped design, deliver and implement. The experience saw him develop a great appreciation for the impact that technology could have on learning, and how it could influence and change curriculum delivery. The impact of technology in learning quickly became a great passion for Jacques and he has championed the role it plays ever since, describing it as a linchpin for taking education in the right direction.

Now based in Montreal, he continues to work in the education world supporting French-speaking teachers, leaders, and staff in Canada to develop their skill-set and take on the curriculum in the 21st Century.

“I am extremely passionate about learning in today's world and I’m convinced of the powerful lever that technology is in education, in every classroom across the globe. I’m committed to playing my part in shifting and transforming education, now is the time - so many schools and organizations are looking for assistance to take small, isolated pockets of change and create a whole institution-wide shift. I want to be part of that shift, to be part of the movement that will shape the future of learning, and to do it alongside NoTosh.”

Gerry Farrell

Creative Consultant, Edinburgh

One of Britain’s most acclaimed Creative Directors and award-winning copywriter, Gerry Farrell works with NoTosh to help education clients create work that works: visions that inspire, strategies that engage. He’s won most of the creative awards there are to win, including Cannes Lions and D&AD and has regularly served on D&AD and Cannes awards juries.

Gerry helped to found The Leith Agency, an Edinburgh-based creative communications agency with a global reputation. He worked there for 30 years as a copywriter and creative director fulfilling his ambition to make Leith a magnet for some of the most talented and capable writers, designers and art directors in the UK.

Those who are lucky enough to work with Gerry are never the same afterward: The Macallan Whisky marketing director Glen Gribbon: “He tailors what he does to your exact needs and puts so much heart and energy into the delivery. He pushes the group hard. A great creative, but also an inspirational coach.”

“I first met Gerry in the late 80s. He was one of a number of smart copywriters emerging out of the Scottish advertising scene. I've watched his career blossom over the years and tried to hire him for BBH. Sadly for us, but thankfully for Edinburgh, he stayed at Leith.”

*Sir John Hegarty, founder of BBH*

Carolyn Syme

Global Operations Manager, Edinburgh

Carolyn uses her almost superhuman logistical skills to make sure that we, and our clients, deliver exactly what we promise, every day on every project. She is instrumental in developing new services and ensures that every NoTosh client has a brilliant and rewarding journey with us. Her passion is language and communication.

“I’ve been lucky enough to work with developing technology and digital channels since the days we used to call it ‘new media’! Working with BBC Scotland in 2001, I developed web-based learning resources that opened doors to material that was previously unavailable to students. This led to a hugely innovative project involving groups of children with special needs who struggled to communicate. Working closely with specialists, we created a free online resource that allowed those children – many of whom were non-verbal – to express their thoughts and feelings, giving them a new-found sense of connection and equality.

"After a spell as Project Manager for Gecko, a leading digital consultancy, I returned to BBC Scotland Learning as part of their Bitesize Infographics team before joining NoTosh in 2016. You could say that my career has developed as the digital age has unfolded and my focus today is on ensuring that our digital landscape continues to open up spaces of equality, creativity, and innovation, for learners of all ages, through exciting resources and materials.”

Malie Watson

Marketing Producer, Edinburgh

A recent Film & Media graduate from Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University, Malie is responsible for capturing and sharing our stories, developing content that shines a light on the work we do with our clients, and the differences we make together.

“Writing, photography, and film-making are my first loves. Over the past few years, while finishing my degree, I travelled around the world working to build online communities and volunteering in the education sector with disabled children.

"The ethos behind NoTosh and the ideology of NoTosh Design Thinking was something that immediately struck a chord and my aim is to bring a fresh perspective to our work through my writing. Working with the whole team, I’m creating a broad range of in-depth case studies, showcasing our projects, achievements, and stories from the last few years to highlight the impact we make.”